MISSOULA - Some real big fish swim in western Montana rivers. Leave them alone. As they slowly return from near extinction, bull trout have become a good problem to have for fisheries managers. Easy ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries staff have noticed a declining number of bull trout spawning nests in western Montana. Trends show the spawning nests, or redds, have ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In response to record-low bull trout spawning nests in the South Fork of the Flathead River and ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to approve four additional protections for bull trout in the Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River. The new ...

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission recently approved changes it says will add protections for bull trout in northwest Montana as officials report seeing record low numbers of spawning nests, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A couple of conservation groups are asking a federal court to stop a Glacier National Park plan ...

May 14—Ben Eisinger loves fishing for bull trout, an activity he looks forward to every season. Bull trout are difficult to catch, said Eisinger, owner of True Water Fly Shop in Kalispell. The fish ...

Ladd Knotek is disturbed by the lack of attention being paid to the many western Montana streams where bull trout populations are struggling to survive. The fisheries biologist with Montana Fish, ...

KALISPELL - Bull trout numbers in northwest Montana's Swan River drainage have dropped to their lowest level in 17 years, as introduced lake trout appear to be outcompeting - and eating - their native ...

Gunsight Lake in Glacier National Park. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan) A couple of conservation groups are asking a federal court to stop a Glacier National Park plan to put endangered bull trout ...

It takes everything Mother Nature’s got to make a bull trout happy, so the fish’s presence in rivers like the Blackfoot and Clark Fork mean conditions have improved after decades of effort. In April ...

The Missoula-based environmental group that sued to force the fed eral government to designate critical — and therefore protected — habitat for bull trout said Friday the resulting proposal doesn't go ...